i was a bit skeptical if this polish really is my cup of tea, but the shade was the same as my girlyest flowery summer trousers i own, and thought they would be a good match. i have to say it was a good choice.

i really don't feel comfortable wearing those colours both on nails or having them in my closet, it's way out my comfort zone, but dior did something to me with those sugary shades that made me so enchanted by them. spring ball is somewhere between coral and peach shimmery cuteness. it is subtler than i expected, so i didn't feel that weird having it on my nails. as you can see, this neverending summer made me quite tanned, and i'm pretty sure i will like it more if i ever get back to my pale, winter skintone.

formula ad application were pretty good, it is on the thicker side but the shimmer really makes it flow. the pictures were made in shade, because i found the color to be more faithfull this way. the last one is under direct sun so you can see that it's a bit washed up.

it was that time when i discovered that there are more colors other than black, but had no idea what i liked. i got both bases, and sparkling silver turned out to be in the color area i still wear, but with champagner i had no idea what i was thinking :)

it is a textbook example of a dirty pearly frosty polish. the colour really reminds of champagne. you can see brush strokes a lot, because of the finish. other than first time and when i took those pictures, i never wore it on it's own, since it is, at least for me, a typical older lady polish. i wore it a lot as it was expected, as a base for black crackle, a sponge crackle combo can be seen here.

it's far from secret that i'm obsessing with ysl polishes, and mauve naif was on top of my wish list from the beginning.

it's not the most unique shade in the world, but it's unique in my collection. i like my creme purples, but i didn't have any in the darker purple family. this one is gorgeous, purple with a strong blue undertone (in my pictures, the blue is just a little bit stronger than in real life). formula is fantastic, as expected, so easy to apply with a perfect brush and with amazing gloss on its own that i decided to skip the top coat.

china glaze flying dragon is one of the polishes i was so anxious to get. at some point, this baby was so difficult to find in belgrade that when i got the info it was seen (this was about a year ago), and i wasn't in serbia, i sent my poor boyfriend to get it!

people either love it or get disappointed with it, and i'm still in group one. apparently, there are two versions, the first one is from the ink collection from 2008 and it's darker shade of purple. this one is newer, and if anyone knows which collection it belongs to, please, let me know!

this one is light, magenta-leaning purple, with blue ad pink particle-like shimmer. it dries semi-matte, which i rather like. the formula is a bit problematic (probably that's why the call it matte :)), but i already wore it so i knew that three thin coats are the way to go, at least for me.

i've had this comparison in my folder for a while, but always forgot to post it.

there was a lot of talk about how similar is ysl violine surrealiste to opi's pamplona purple and no spain no gain, and i decided to put in essence breakthrough in the mix, since it is the only other purple creme i have (other than ysl mauve naif, but that one has much stronger blue undertone).

when i wondered which polish should i present next, i realized that back home summer is already over (i am lucky that here is still 30+), and i still haven't shown you my summer favourite, zoya beatrix.

beatrix is from the same summer edition of zoya's pixie dust polishes as liberty. as usual, their description couldn't be more accurate: "tangerine metal sparkle in the exclusive zoya pixie dust textured, matte, foil twinkle formula".

i love everything about this polish, especially how the gold shimmer sparkles in this amazing vibrant orange base. i wore it three times this summer, the last time i took it to a 5 day festival, wore it the whole time, including the tent setting and all the unglamorous but fun stuff camping can give. all of that, without chipping! one of my dearest friends also loved it, so we were sporting matching manicures :)

formula and applications are typically without issues, drying time is about 20 minutes.

i will finally present one of my favourites, catrice's run forest run!

i always post the official picture of the bottle, but i couldn't find one. the thing is, people at catrice changed the first and old version of forest but left the name, as you can see from the pic i borrowed from parokeets blog. so, now i can only find promo bottle pics from the old version.

actually, this polish, together with pool party at night, were my first catrice polishes, and remain among my favorites. and i don't think i really need to explain why i love this one: this is the perfect, light "grass" green creme, with amazing formula. too bad it's discontinued.

i really had to shake this bottle to cover up how empty it is, but i intend to use every single drop of it. i have such a soft spot in my heart for this polish, maybe because i spent so much time finding a green polish that it seemed like a dream come true when i saw this one. back in the days, when i wasn't that into polishes, i actually thought that shades like forest didn't exist, that the world was filled with only reds ad pinks and i badly wanted a green one!

i was thinking if i should do this post, since i didn't buy that much (picture polish and a england were ordered from a friend way back in april, but just now found their way to me), and collistar was a gift from one amazing polish addict but i'll (probably) be buying even less in the months to come, so i decided to do it.